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COAT AND HAT RACK.

No. 595,253. Patented De0,7, 1897.

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EBEN B. SANKEY, OF SALEM, MISSOURI.

COAT AND HAT RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,253, dated December 7, 1897.

Application filed March 1, 1897. $erial No. 625,439. (No model.)

To roZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EBEN B. SANKEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salem, in the county of Dent and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Goat and Hat Racks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hat and coat racks, the object being to provide a novel and effective form of device provided with locking means wherebya hat and coat and also an umbrella hung thereon may be securely locked and thereby prevented from being stolen or removed by an unauthorized person.

To this end my invention consists, first, in a coat and hat hanger comprising a top plate or body portion having a pivoted hook and clamping device to engage a hat and means for lockin g said parts so that the hat and coat cannot be removed by any other person than the owner or a party possessing a key for unlocking said locking means.

My invention also consists in a novel constrnction of umbrella holder or clamp adapted to receive and hold an umbrella and connected with the hat and coat locking mechanism in such manner that when the hat and coat are locked the umbrella will also be locked securely to prevent its removal.

My invention also consists in certain other novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described,and specifically set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevational view of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the rack. Fig. dis a side view of the locking-bar. Fig. 5 is a view of the two ends of the locking-chain, the parts being broken away for convenience of illustration. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a modified form of hat and coat rack. Fig. 7 is an,

enlarged detail view showing the construction of the coat-hook thereof. Fig. 8 shows a front view of the umbrella-clamping mechanism removed. Fig. 9 is a view of the clamp-actuating rod of the umbrella-holder, and Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view through the umbrellaholder on the line 10 10 of Fig. 8.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the body or back plate, having an enlarged horizontal base or bottom portion 2 and a vertical extension 3, provided at the top with a curved forwardly-extendin g clamping-flange 1, formed integrally therewith. The said vertical extension 3 may be provided on its rear side with hooks 5, provided with openings 6, adapted to receive the lower end of a hanger-wire '7, the upper end of which is bent laterally outward at 7 and formed into a hook or eye 8 at the end thereof, whereby the hat may be suspended, as here inafter described.

The hat-clamping device comprises a hook 9, having a broad base 10 pivoted between two ears 11 on the front of the vertical extension 3 and formed with a curved groove or slot 12 on the inner side of the said broad base, for a purpose hereinafter described. The outer end of this hook proper has a curved surface 13, corresponding to the curvature of the said hat-clamping flange 4111 order that the crown and brim of the hat 14 when inserted between the same, as shown in Fig. 1, may be securely clamped without injury thereto. The hat, as above stated, is suspended upon the hooked end 8 of the hanger-wire 7, and this insures that the wall of the hat and brim thereof will be in position so as to be clamped between the clamping-hook 9 and clamping-flange 4. A rigid coat-suspending hook 15 projects out from the broad base 2 of the rack and is adapted to receive a collar band or chain of the coat in the usual manner. This coat-hook may be and preferably is formed integrally with the said broad base 2.

The locking means for securing the coat to the said stationary hook and the hat to the pivoted clamping-hook comprises a Hat look ing bar or plate 17, provided with a curved or rounded upper end 18 and a vertical slot 19 at or about its center. This curved end of locking bar or plate is adapted to fit into and occupy the said curved groove or slot 12 in the broad base of the pivoted hat-clamping hook 9, and thereby prevent the same,

' a slot 30, opening through said base.

after it has been turned up, as shown in Fig. 1, to bear against the hat, from being pulled down again in order to disengage said hat, and thereby the hat is held securely clamped between the curved upper edge of the hook and the curved flange 4 of the vertical extension 3. The chain 18' is suitably secured to the lower end of the said locking plate or bar, and is provided at its other end with a rigid locking-plate 21, having a slot 22 formed therein. After the coat has been suspended from the rigidhook the said chain is passed through the sleeves of the coat and the said locking-plate 21 is secured, as will now be described. A lock-case 23 is positioned on the broad base 2 of the back part or the body of the rack and faces one side of the locking plate or bar 17, and a keeper 24 has position on the opposite side of the said locking-bar. The lock-case is provided on the interior with a locking-plate 25 and locking mechanism of any preferred construction coacting therewith,-the bolt of the said locking-plate being adapted to be thrown to project beyond the end of the case and withdrawn from such position by means of a key inserted through the keyhole 26 in the top 27 of the said case. As before stated, any preferred construction of locking mechanism may be employed to throw the bolt into and out of action; but it has not been deemed necessary to illustrate any special form of mechanism here, for the reason before stated. The chain having been passed through the sleeves of the coat, the locking-plate 21, carried thereby, is placed alongside the slot 19 of the locking-bar 17 and the locking-bolt 25 is shot so as to enter the slots of the said locking bar and plate 21, so as to securely hold the same against disengagement, and at the same time the pivoted hook is held clamped in engaged position with the hat by the upper end thereof. It will thus be seen that neither the hat nor the coat, while they are engaged, can be removed from the rack unless the locking-plate 25 is thrown out of engagement with the lockingplate 21' and locking-bar l7, and thus any attempt to remove the hat or coat by an unauthorized person will be frustrated.

The umbrella-holder device comprises a base 28, adapted to be secured to the wall and provided with a vertical guideway 29 and A case 31 projects from the base and incloses two pivoted clamping members 32 and Each of these clamping members is provided with a broad body portion, through which a pivotbolt 34: extends and pivots the clamp so that their jaws 25 have movement to and from each other. The lower end of each clamp is formed with a slot 36, and said ends are adapted to have movement in the slot of the base 29. A suspending-bar 35 projects from the horizontal base 2 of the hat and coat rack portion and is provided with side flanges 36, forming '2' ss'gis a grooved guideway 37 and cross-passages 33 through said flanges. An operating-bar 39 is constructed of a single piece of wire formed with a square elongated loop 40 at one end and a triangle or conical loop 41 at the other end thereof. In practice this triangle or cone shaped end works in the guideway 29 and the two opposite sides thereof extend through the slotted ends 36 of the clamping members and are adapted to draw or spread the said two ends closer together or farther apart to open or close the jaws thereof, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 10 of the drawings.

The elongated square loop 40 of the operating-rod is adapted to have its upper end seated in the cross slots or grooves 38, formed in the side flange-walls 36 of the suspendingbar 35.

In operation the triangle-shaped head or loop of the operating-bar is actuated to cause the jaws to open and the umbrella is placed therein. The said triangular loop or head portion of the operating-bar is then operated to close the jaws and cause them to tightly clamp the umbrella. The elongated square portion IO of the operating-bar is then seated in the cross-notch 38, corresponding to the position of the jaws and size of the umbrella, and the lower end of the flat locking plate or bar 17 of the coat and hat rack portion extends down the grooved guideway of the suspended bar 35 and holds the elongated square loop end of the operating-rod of the umbrellaclamp secured in the cross-walls 38, so that the umbrella-clamping attachment cannot be removed. When this locking-plate is locked in the manner hereinbefore described, it will be seen that a hat, coat, and umbrella may be simultaneously locked to the rack.

In Fig. 7 a slightly-modified construction of the pivoted hat-clamping hook and coatsuspending hook, locking-bar, and locking device is shown. In this instance the lower broad base of the hat-clamping hook is not provided with the curved groove or slot 12 as shown in the former figures, but has a rounded inner surface 43, and the rigid coatsuspending hook is provided with a T-shaped slot 44:. In this construction the lockin g plate or bar is provided with a staple 45, which takes the place of the slot 19, and the said bar is inserted through the said T-shaped slot in the coat-hook and lies parallel with and abuts against the front surface of the back plate or body portion, and the upper end thereof, by taking between the said body portion and the curved or rounded surface 43 of the pivoted hat-clamping hook, prevents the latter from being turned down and thereby holds the hatclamping hook in the same manner illustrated in the other form of rack. In this construction also a padlock 46 takes the place of the locking-plate 21, and the said padlock is adapted to engage with the said staple 4:5 and hold the coat secure. The two forms of hat and coat rack, other than the changes de scribed, are the same.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a simple and effective form of hat, coat, and umbrella rack which entirely prevents theft of the articles suspended thereon and which cannot be removed except by the owner or some authorized person carrying the key.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a hat and coat rack, the combination with a back plate or body portion provided with a rigid clamping-flange at the upper end thereof, of a clamping member pivotally mounted on the body portion below said flange and adapted to be turned up so as to confine a portion of the hat between it and the said flange, a garment-suspending device carried by said body portion, a device to engage the garment, a locking-bar carrying said garmenten gaging device and adapted to be interposed between the body portion and the base or 111- ner end of the pivoted clamp, and means for locking the bar and garment-engaging device to maintain both in a locked position, substantially as described.

2. In garment-hooks, the combination with a bodyportion of a garment-suspending hook carried thereby, a removable lockin g-bar carrying a chain adapted to be passed through the sleeves of the garment, and a locking device adapted to engage the said locking-bar and the free end of the chain to hold the same in locked position, substantially as described,

3. In a hat and coat rack, the combination of a back plate or body portion provided with a rigid clamping flange at the upper end thereof, a hat-clamping device pivoted at its lower end to said body portion and having the upper end adapted to bear against one side of the hat to hold the same clamped against the said clamping-flange, a coat-suspending hook below the said hat-clamp, a locking-bar adapted to engage the lower pivoted end of the hat-clamp to hold the same in clamped position and provided with a connection adapted to pass through the sleeves of the coat, said connection carrying a locking-plate at the free end thereof, and alocking device adapted to engage said locking-plate and locking-bar, substantially as described.

' 4. In agarment-rack, the combination with a back plate or body portion, of a garmentsuspendinghook projecting therefrom, a locking-bar provided at the lower end thereof with a chain adapted to be passed through the sleeves of the garment, said chain pro vided at its free end with a locking-plate, and a locking device to engage the said lockingbar and locking-plate and hold the same in locked position, substantially as described.

5. In a garment-rack, the combination of a body portion having a projecting clampingflange curved on the lower face thereof and hooks or eyes 5 on the back thereof, a hangerwire having its lower end inserted in said hooks or eyes and provided with a forwardlyprojecting upper extremity formed with suspending means, a pivoted clamping member having a clamping-face curved correspondingly to the said clamping-flange, and a looking device to hold the said clamping member in clamped position, substantially as described.

6. In a hat and coat rack, the combination with a hat-clamping device and a coat-suspending device, of a locking-bar adapted to engage said hat-clamping device and hold it in clamped position and provided with a chain adapted to be passed through the sleeves of the coat and a locking-plate, and a locking device adapted to engage the said lockingplate and locking-bar and hold the same in locked position, substantially as described.

7. In a hat and coat rack, the combination of a back plate or body portion having an enlarged base or horizontal portion, a rigid projecting clamping-flange, a hat-clamp pivoted thereto and provided with an outer clamping face adapted in conjunction with the said flange to clamp the hat, a coat-suspending hook, a lock-inclosing case, a keeper on said body portion, and a locking-bar adapted to be passed between said locking-plate and keeper to engage with the pivoted hat-clamp to hold the same in a clamped position, a chain at tached to the lower end of the said locking'bar and adapted to be passed through the sleeves of the garment and provided with a lockingplate, and locking mechanism in said locked case adapted to engage the said locking-bar and locking-plate, substantially as described.

8. In combination with a hat and coat rack provided With a locking-bar, an umbrellaholder comprising clamps to receive and hold the umbrella, an operating-rod to open and close said clamps, and a suspending-bar proj ecting from the hat and coat rack and adapted to receive and hold the said operating-rod, and coact with the said locking device of the hat and coat rack whereby the said operatingrod is held against movement in order that the jaws may be held closed about the umbrella, substantially as described.

9. In combination with a hat and coat rack provided with a locking-bar, an umbrellaholder comprising pivoted clamps to receive and hold the umbrella, an operating rod adapted to open and close said clamps and adj ustably connected with the rack, the said operating-rod being adapted to be held in locked position by the said locking-bar, substantially as described.

10. In combination with a hat and coat rack, provided with a locking-bar, and a suspending-bar provided with a series of notches, an umbrella-holder comprising two clamping members adapted to receive and hold the umbrella, said clamps being provided with IIC notched edges, and an operating-rod provided In testimony whereof I have signed this with a head or loop engaging said notched specification in the presence of two subscrib- 1o edges of the clamps and adapted to open and ing witnesses. close the same and also with a loop adapted 7 T 5 to be adjustably engaged with the said ELEN SANKEX notched suspending-bar, and retained therein \Vitnesses: by the lower end 01": the said locking-bar, sub- M. F. BROWNE, stantially as described. LAURA E. SANKEY. 

